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Brand Thyself

For once in my life, I am going to try to do things “the way they are supposed to be done” (or, at least according to what “the experts” say). And, that is going to include branding myself. It’s really what Google wants (see Huff Post, Mashable, PerezHilton, ProBlogger, CopyBlogger, and our fvorites like Facebook, Twitter, etc. etc.).

So ask yourself: when you build a site, is it just to try and rank for a specific set of keywords for the purpose of generating some AdSense clicks and sending the visitor on their merry way? Or are you creating great content to get those “walk-ins” engaged? Are you enticing them with discounts and freebies to get on your mailing list, or to connect with you via Facebook, Twitter, Google+? Are you offering something nobody else in your market has? Do you have a forum where customers (or readers) can go to ask questions, make suggestions, connect with each other? Are you converting those walk-ins into clients and building brand loyalty?

Can you say relationship marketing? Simply put – brands sell.

It’s All About Me

I recall reading not too long ago this sentiment from a respected (grayhat) marketer.

The internet is a giant cesspool of self-interest.

Boy, was he right on the money. Why else would millions of words of “blech” be circulating around the internet every second via social network addicts, other than as an outlet for the never-ending chant of “Me! Me! Me!”? Look Joe, I – and about 6 billion other people – don’t care that you just ate a Pop-Tart, and it was stale. Quit fantasizing that we do.

This is one of the reasons I really don’t like Facebook (other than as a marketing tool), and Twitter isn’t much better (although generally more entertaining). LinkedIn has it’s purpose, and does seem to be policing itself better, but I’m still not sold. Google+ is just another attempt by the Big G to envelop everyone else (and it may work).

The Social Networks – to me – are something that I check out when I’m really, really bored and have nothing better to do. They are the bottom feeders in my life.

Now It’s Really All About Me

So, where am I going with this babble? Simple. The Social Network revolution has left me out (yes, I take at least some of the blame). So, now I have to create my own brand.

You see, I am a programmer – and a damn good one. I have long specialized in doing what others consider to be “the impossible” (to me it just becomes “the unlikely”). I would have to say I’m in the top 20% at least in my fields of expertise – in a few things much, much higher than that.

But, who knows about me? Practically nobody. Just a small group of clients and associates – past and present. I have had a couple small articles published, but that’s about it. My online presence has been mostly as a lurker – not so much because I have nothing to say, but because once I say it I may be trapped in a long, drawn-out conversation I may want to avoid.

So,now I’m left with the task of branding ME. I need to sell ME. I know what it takes – I just need to do it.

How To Affirm Internet Inovation In Critical Writing? I have to affirm about internet inovation in critical writing.
i mean, at first,i write what is demerit of internet inovation.
Then i have to deny it and affirm why it’s more important.
but i don’t know about the demerit of internet inovation much.

i’m not native english speaker.
Sorry for this incomprehensible sentence…

Let’s take the Huffington Post as a web site. The Huff Post draws some of the best writers in America, and it is a well respected web site by the power elite like The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Atlantic news magazine.

” `(1) IN GENERAL- No funds authorized or appropriated by this Act (or an amendment made by this Act), including credits applied toward qualified health plans under section 36B of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or cost-sharing reductions under section 1402 of this Act, may be used to pay for any abortion or to cover any part of the costs of any health plan that includes coverage of abortion, except–

`(A) if the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest; or

`(B) in the case where a pregnant female suffers from a physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness that would, as certified by a physician, place the female in danger of death unless an abortion is performed, adding a life-endangering physical condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself.”

Huffing Post is much like their print counterpart the national Enquirer. They both thoroughly vet every story. All items that bare any resemblance to facts or truth are edited OUT. You can rest assured that it it is in Huffington Post it is firmly in line with the progressive agenda and anything that is factual is coincidental or accidental. They are in firm lockstep with Media Matters.

How Bad Would It Be To Ditch Your Date On Prom Night? We have been pretty much best friends for two years.
In this time, she led me and and bitched about me behind my back saying heaps bad stuff and even lies while still being nice to my face. She even told our friend that she wasnt going to the prom with him even though he had already asked her so that she could go with me.
All was find but then i heard the things she has been saying.
She has basically screwed me over and i kind of want to call her up and ditch her an hour before senior prom. My close friends also tell me she deserves it.
Im not sure what to do.

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